Capixaba, Acre

Summary

10°34′22″S 67°40′33″W / 10.57278°S 67.67583°W / -10.57278; -67.67583

Capixaba
Edmundo Pinto Avenue - Capixaba
Edmundo Pinto Avenue - Capixaba
Location of municipality in Acre State
Location of municipality in Acre State
Capixaba is located in Brazil
Capixaba
Capixaba
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 10°34′22″S 67°40′33″W / 10.57278°S 67.67583°W / -10.57278; -67.67583
Country Brazil
StateAcre
Government
 • MayorJosé Augusto Gomes da Cunha (PP)
Area
 • Total661 sq mi (1,713 km2)
Population
 (2020 est)
 • Total12,008
Time zoneUTC−5 (ACT)

Capixaba (Portuguese pronunciation: [kapiˈʃabɐ]) is a municipality located in the southeast of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 12,008 and its area is 1,713 km².

The municipality contains part of the 931,537 hectares (2,301,880 acres) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 4 June 2016